Most popular boys’ names in California, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,490 |
| 2 | David | 4,580 |
| 3 | Jason | 4,302 |
| 4 | Christopher | 4,067 |
| 5 | Daniel | 3,432 |
| 6 | Robert | 3,310 |
| 7 | James | 3,062 |
| 8 | Matthew | 3,033 |
| 9 | John | 2,926 |
| 10 | Brian | 2,766 |
| 11 | Joshua | 2,550 |
| 12 | Jose | 2,512 |
| 13 | Joseph | 2,457 |
| 14 | Ryan | 2,446 |
| 15 | Anthony | 2,037 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,957 |
| 17 | Richard | 1,933 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,873 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 1,765 |
| 20 | Kevin | 1,692 |
| 21 | William | 1,658 |
| 22 | Jeffrey | 1,579 |
| 23 | Juan | 1,486 |
| 24 | Andrew | 1,461 |
| 25 | Jeremy | 1,436 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Justin | 1,395 |
| 27 | Timothy | 1,342 |
| 28 | Mark | 1,321 |
| 29 | Aaron | 1,308 |
| 30 | Thomas | 1,258 |
| 31 | Scott | 1,252 |
| 32 | Paul | 1,241 |
| 33 | Adam | 1,216 |
| 34 | Jonathan | 1,055 |
| 35 | Benjamin | 1,021 |
| 36 | Charles | 976 |
| 37 | Sean | 958 |
| 38 | Gregory | 947 |
| 39 | Brandon | 920 |
| 40 | Carlos | 916 |
| 41 | Jesse | 868 |
| 42 | Nathan | 845 |
| 43 | Kenneth | 827 |
| 44 | Jesus | 823 |
| 45 | Stephen | 807 |
| 46 | Bryan | 778 |
| 46 | Edward | 778 |
| 48 | Gabriel | 767 |
| 49 | Patrick | 728 |
| 50 | Jacob | 715 |
| 51 | Manuel | 671 |
| 52 | Victor | 668 |
| 53 | Miguel | 643 |
| 54 | Jorge | 640 |
| 54 | Mario | 640 |
| 56 | Shawn | 624 |
| 57 | Luis | 621 |
| 58 | Ricardo | 609 |
| 59 | Francisco | 605 |
| 60 | Peter | 597 |
| 61 | Shaun | 563 |
| 62 | Erik | 556 |
| 63 | Raymond | 549 |
| 64 | Donald | 531 |
| 65 | Chad | 527 |
| 66 | Antonio | 521 |
| 67 | Roberto | 514 |
| 67 | Travis | 514 |
| 69 | Samuel | 508 |
| 70 | George | 507 |
| 70 | Ruben | 507 |
| 72 | Oscar | 504 |
| 73 | Frank | 499 |
| 74 | Ronald | 496 |
| 75 | Alejandro | 493 |
| 76 | Jaime | 486 |
| 77 | Phillip | 484 |
| 78 | Joel | 477 |
| 79 | Alexander | 456 |
| 80 | Fernando | 452 |
| 81 | Javier | 440 |
| 82 | Gary | 438 |
| 83 | Sergio | 423 |
| 84 | Adrian | 416 |
| 84 | Eduardo | 416 |
| 86 | Keith | 408 |
| 87 | Dustin | 406 |
| 87 | Todd | 406 |
| 89 | Jeremiah | 402 |
| 90 | Hector | 383 |
| 91 | Douglas | 380 |
| 92 | Kyle | 375 |
| 93 | Cesar | 373 |
| 94 | Shane | 372 |
| 95 | Jared | 369 |
| 96 | Vincent | 368 |
| 97 | Salvador | 353 |
| 98 | Raul | 346 |
| 99 | Larry | 345 |
| 100 | Armando | 341 |